1. Hosea 4:1 (ESV)
  2. Exposition

How does God speak to his people here?

Hosea 4:1 (ESV)

1 Hear the word of the LORD, O children of Israel, for the LORD has a controversy with the inhabitants of the land. There is no faithfulness or steadfast love, and no knowledge of God in the land;

God speaks in the language of the judiciary (courts). He has filed a lawsuit against his people. It is striking that he is both the prosecutor (public prosecutor) and the judge. That is not common today, nor was it common at that time.